Improvement in razors



C. BECK,

RAZORS. v No 179255 Patented June 27,1876.

N. PETERS. PHOTo-LrrHOGRAPHL WASHINGYON. D C.'

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CONRAD BECK, OE DEs MOINES, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN RAZORS.

Specilication forming part of Letters Patent No. 179,255, dated June 27, 1876; application tiled December 4, 1875.

' blade, and in making a handle with a wide and concave back, all as hereinafter fully set forth.

My drawing is a perspective `view illustrating the construction of my improvements.

A is the blade, preferably shorter than razorblades are commonly made. B is the shank of the blade.

No. l is a lateral concave enlargement at the junction of the blade and shank. A corresponding enlargement is on the opposite side, and the two are designed to receive the ends of the thumb and linger, and afford a means of pivoting the blade at a point close to the cutting-edge, andv thereby gain better control of it in the act of shaving. No. 2 is a concave thumb or finger rest on the under side of the shank B, and intersects the lateral pivotal rests, No. 1, at right angles. N o. 3 is a concave in rear of and contiguous to the No. 2 rest. y

The back of the shank B has curvatures opposite the concave pivotal rests N os. 2 and 3, so that the razor can be readily and alter- 4nately pivoted and held between the thumb and linger at the points where the rests 2 andv 3 are located, and in such a manner as to present the cutting-edge at right angles from the position it assumes when pivoted and held by means of the lateral rests No. 1. C is the handle, consisting of two corresponding sides, made of any suitable material, and joined together with rivets, or in any suitable way. a a represent an elongated concave in the back, designed to admit the fingers, and to make the curvature of the handle inreverse order from that usually made in razor handles. This curvature and concave a a also enable me to form a handle with aback that is wider than the sides at the point or portion where it is designed to come in contact with the ngers. By being thus l'ormed'it is more readily admitted between the lingers, and less liable to cramp the fingers, or roll and turn during the manipulation of the blade. b is a cavity designed to receive .the enlargements, No. 1, on the blade when theblade is folded into the handle. The blade is hinged to the handle by means of a socket-joint, or in any suitable way.

1am aware that a thumb-rest has been formed in the side ot' a razor-blade shank at some distance from the blade; but I claim that my rest No. 2, intersecting the rest No. 1 at right angles therewith, and the rest No'. 3

contiguous thereto, is a novel feature, that en ables me to turn and pivot the razor-blade advantageously at various angles relative to the face, as required in the operation of shaving.

I also claim that the concave a, a, in the handle O, designed to form a wide back and reA duced sides, and a curvature in reverse order from razorhandles in use, is new, and enables me to pass the handle between the tngers without spreading' and cramping them, as is commonly the result with known handles.

I claim as my invention- 1. As an improved article ot' manufacture, a razor having the pivotal thumb and nger rests Nos. 2 and 3 at right angles to the rest No. 1, substantially as and for the purposes shown and described.

2. A razor-handle having a concave, a a, in its back, as and for the special purposes set forth.

8. The combination ot' the linger-rests 1 2 3 upon the razor'blade A B, With the con` caved recess a a in the back of the handle C, all arranged as and for the purposes described.

CONRAD "BECK Witnesses G. A. JOHNSON, W. J.KLINE. 

